MURDER FOR TWO Equity Principal Auditions - Stage West Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Sunday, July 24, 2016
7:30PM - 10:30PM

Monday, July 25, 2016
7:00PM - 11:00PM

Contract
SPT
SPT 3 Minimum - $318/wk

Location
Stage West
821 W Vickery Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1144

Seeking
All roles are open to all ethnicities. EMC points may be received for
Non-Equity performers. Local hires preferred. (no per dium or housing/transportation provided).

Preparation
Auditions will require you to sing & accompany yourself on piano - 1 song of early musical theatre/vaudville comedic style. Callbacks will include cold readings from the script.

Other Dates
See breakdown.

Other
Callbacks will be held Sunday July 31, 2016 at 7:30 PM

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Personnel
Director - Lindy Heath Davis, SM - Peggy Kruger-O'Brien, Producer & Assistant may also be present.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Auditions by Appointment ONLY. Call Stage West at
(817) 784-9378, Tuesday-Saturday noon to 5:00 PM.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Murder for Two

Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Book and Music by Joe Kinsman
A killer musical comedy.

A fateful night. A surprise party. A great American novelist is killed…fatally. A small town policeman with dreams of making detective jumps at the chance to prove his sleuthing skills and find the killer before the real detective arrives! Murder for Two is a perfect blend of music, mayhem, and murder with a twist - one actor investigates the crime, the other plays (all) the suspects, and did we mention, they both play piano?! A witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries.

Rehearsals begin Monday, October 24, 2016. Rehearsal schedule is TBD - with possible daytime rehearsals involved. There will likely be 4 hour blocks Mondaythrough Friday and as much as 7 out of 8 1/2 hours on Saturday. Sunday is designated as AEA day off.

Performances are Thursday, November 17, 2016 through Sunday, December 18, 2016 at Stage West, 821 W Vickery. [Note: performances will be Thur nights at 7:30, Fri & Sat nights at 8:00 and Sun matinees at 3:00 – Special Note: There will be no performance on Thursday November 24 (Thanksgiving) but we will have the rest of the weekend.]

Please note: The show requires both actors to play piano - to accompany themselves and each other.

MARCUS MOSCOWICZ (male) - an ambitious young officer investigates the crime and also provides voices for two characters in flashback: The Chief - Marcus’ grizzled boss & Vanessa - Marcus’ former partner

One actor plays all the SUSPECTS (male or female):
DAHLIA WHITNEY - the victim’s loopy widow
MURRAY & BARB FLANDON - the Whitneys’ bickering neighbors
STEPH WHITNEY - an overeager grad student
BARRETTE LEWIS - a self-incriminating ballerina
DR. GRIFF - a friendly local psychiatrist
TIMMY, YONKERS, & SKID - members of an antiquated boys’ choir
HENRY VIVALDI - a late arrival

The final character is Officer Lou, who isn’t played by an actor. Marcus and the suspects address him as needed.